But a 1979 change to the tribe’s constitution defined citizenship “by blood.” As a result, Black Creeks and their descendants, known as Freedmen, were effectively expelled. Damario Solomon ...

Backed by her band Skip The Needle, guest artists June 29 will include Linda Tillery, Tribe 8, B DeVeaux and more.

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has long stood as ... essentially judging their “degree of black blood” through visual observation. Resistance and identity in a segregated south ...

CROW AGENCY - Cedric Black Eagle was elected chairman of the Crow Tribe on Saturday, beating opponent Leroy Not Afraid by a vote of 2,521 to 850. The unofficial results were announced just before ...